Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 506

The march on the second day did not bring back any horse meat, but General Tan led a dozen or so riders with excellent bows and horses, wandered around far away, and shot hundreds of yellow sheep back.

"If it's on the other side of the Qinglong River, there will be a herd of yellow sheep with hundreds of them, and they won't be able to kill them!"

General Tan smiled and said after returning, the Qinglong River is on the grassland north of Ji Town, no matter how Wang Tong thinks about it, he doesn’t remember that there are so many gazelles on the grassland, maybe by that time, all the gazelles will have been killed. .

Stewing mutton, laughing and laughing, the car camp at night is similar to the team going out for fun. During the day, the shell hit the body of the Tartar cavalry, almost smashing the upper body. The companions around him felt the shock for themselves , must have been horrified, not even a ranger at night.

But when he woke up the next morning, the general on duty at night reported that he would not be able to see the scene fifty paces away in the middle of the night, and he didn't know if the enemy had sent a sentry, but there were a few wolves poking around.

There is no star and moonlight on the grassland, and it is indeed very dark, because when I wake up in the morning, the sky suddenly becomes overcast, and the thick lead-colored clouds make people feel depressed.

"My lord, it's really rare. It hasn't been cloudy for the past two months. Why are there so many clouds today?"

The general manager sent by the Miyun guards to lead the way exclaimed, Wang Tong noticed that the north wind that had been blowing intermittently for the past two days had also changed direction and was blowing from the east.

"My lord, it's going to snow heavily now. We're lucky. We're only allowed to go to Halahetao. Even if the snow starts to fall, the three-day journey is not too far. They couldn’t find them, so they could only freeze to death outside.”

"White calamity?"

"The white calamity is snow. Sometimes it snows on the grassland for several days without stopping. People, cattle and sheep can't get out, and they are frozen to death. This is what the Tartars fear most."

Wang Tong nodded with a smile, pointed to the sky and asked:

"Can the snow come down today?"

"I can't say for sure, but today's snow may fall at night, and the weather is still very cold. When it snows, you always have to cover it a little, so that it will fall when it is warmer."

The Miyun defender has always been at the gate for a long time, so he is naturally experienced. Wang Tong nodded and said:
"We can reach Hara Hetao at noon today. Maybe we have to fight a battle. It's good if it doesn't snow. If it snows, it's really inconvenient to use firearms."

"Hey, Xiaguan's sister was favored by the guards, but Xiaguan married her to Huang County, so she was hated by the higher-ups. I'm afraid it will be... Sigh!"

He sighed three times, and the guards behind Wang Tong glared at the general. Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone knew what he meant by sighing. It was really unlucky that a big battle was imminent. Wang Tong shook his head and smiled, but he didn't After paying attention, he got on the horse led by his personal guards and began to patrol the camp.

Hara Hetao is where the rebel general is entrenched, and there are still two or three hours to go. Judging from the preparations of the other side to harass along the road, they must have known it a long time ago, and it is very likely that they will meet halfway if they attack in advance. After breakfast, I might have to eat lunch after the battle.

So in the morning, each battalion took turns to guard, and then prepared breakfast according to the dinner standard. The leftover lamb offal and lamb bones from yesterday were stewed in the pot, and the pancakes with miscellaneous grains were also heated by the side of the pot.

The sky is so cloudy, it's not easy to judge the time, but seeing the clouds getting brighter, I know it's morning, and the teams of the Huwei Battalion who have completed their preparations are starting to prepare and set off, and the marching arrangement has been adjusted again, except for the Outside the firecrackers and the artillery battalion, the first regiment was on the left, and the second regiment was on the right. Tan Bing and Li Hutou were in the ranks, responding to the enemy.

"Spread out all the scouts, and the distance between them is limited to half an hour. If you encounter an enemy, you are not allowed to fight. Return quickly!"

Wang Tong ordered in a cold voice, and dozens of detectives scattered around to investigate the situation. Wang Tong and his team rode their horses and moved forward slowly. There were originally more than [-] carriages on each side of the two sides yesterday, but this time they were changed to two sides. There are more than sixty vehicles each, but the width has been greatly increased, completely turning into a moving vehicle formation.

This kind of formation movement, if you want the team to stay in chaos, you can't move too fast, but the cavalry on the grassland is too mobile, the Huwei Battalion must be safe and take the lead, and the opponent cannot take advantage of the loopholes.

After marching for half an hour, Wang Tong came to the side of the van Cai Nan was riding on. After looking around for a while, he turned his head and shouted to the guard upstairs:

"Can you see what's around?"

The guard stood up on the watchtower and looked around, and then loudly reported "I didn't see anything", Wang Tong rode back to the front again, looked at the withered and yellow grassland in front of him and said in a deep voice:
"Hala Hetao is the place where that person is entrenched. There are tens of thousands of riders, at least tens of thousands of troops. We have already reached this place. It is reasonable for a small group to harass, or even see their army lined up. But now there is nothing, I am afraid it has already left!"

General Tan also nodded, the strength of tens of thousands of cavalry, and Wan Hu under Al Da Khan's command, must also be a veteran general, such people will definitely not be foolishly waiting in formation on the opposite side with cavalry, above the watchtower Looking far away, I couldn't find any traces, so how could it still be there.

"My lord, if the Tartars are not there, shall we continue to search or return!"

"Natural return, no matter it is the decree or the military order, we go out alone, can't we wait for the food and grass to run out and starve to death here? We have done what we are asked to do!"

Wang Tong replied with a smile, and General Tan also smiled, it's a matter of benevolence and righteousness, and there is no need to give up yourself to do things that have no results.

Harahetao is the place where the Luanhe River and Yixunhe River meet. It is surrounded by hills, and the cold wind in the north is also sheltered. According to the guide of Miyun Weiwei, this is one of the places with the most abundant aquatic plants on the grassland. It is directly under Altan Khan. where.

The hills and the banks of the two rivers were covered with withered grass and overcast clouds. Wang Tong couldn't see why these places had something to do with the word "Fengmei", but as expected, there were no enemies or even people here.

The scouts sent out have all returned. Within half an hour's journey of the Che Ying, only the northwest of the Huwei Camp, I have seen the scouts of the Tartars, but they only looked at them from a distance and did not come close.

"The day before yesterday or earlier, there should have been a large number of people living here."

Traces of tents, ashes of the fire, and all kinds of garbage and traces of people's life can be seen everywhere. Wang Tong and the generals dismounted to check here. Wang Tong led the horse to watch, then turned back and said:
"Stop and rest first, after lunch we will return the same way!"

When Tan Bing, Li Hutou, and their two regimental lieutenants heard this, they all had happy faces, and hurried away with their fists clasped and bowed. They were trembling and restless along the way, and it was the end of the twelfth lunar month. When I go back, I should still be able to catch up with entering the Chinese New Year, how unhappy.

Wang Tong and his men walked here for a while, and got on their horses again, but they could see ruts, traces of cattle and horses walking, and a huge team flowed, but after about three miles to the north, they began to separate, and the team with more people continued to move forward. To the north, the team with fewer people is heading west.

At this time, the role of the few Mongolian farmers who followed Wang Tong was revealed. Chi Hei rode a horse in front of him, turned around and said:
"Sir, there are more cattle and fewer carts going to the west, and more cattle and carts going to the north than here."

People moved on the grassland, and tents and household utensils were loaded by carts, followed by cattle, horses and sheep. Hearing this, Wang Tong pondered for a while, and said with a smile:

"It seems that a large group of cavalry went westward in circles, and their troops went north to avoid it temporarily. It's okay, it's almost the same as what we thought, ignore it, go back to eat, and return in the afternoon!!"

Everyone looked worried, but they could only go back to have dinner with Wang Tong.

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The key point of Jizhen's defense is Xifengkou. The Tartars' invasion and the northern expedition of the army basically followed the Luan River. The Luanhe River Basin to the north of Xifengkou is on the east side of Harahetao.

The Hara Hetao where Wang Tong was at this time was covered with dark clouds, but it was already snowing heavily at a place about a hundred and fifty miles away from the Hara Hetao.

A large group of Ming soldiers walked among the fluttering snowflakes, and they all turned into snowmen. The snow should not be long, and the snow on the ground is not too thick.

In the ranks of the Chinese army, dozens of knights surrounded a general, running back and forth in front of the ranks. Behind the general, the commander-in-chief's flag fluttered in the wind, with a big "Qi" character on it, and a recognition of his official title on the side. The flag is guarded fiercely.

"Marshal, this little snow is nothing, the little ones are all familiar with it here."

"But it will still be slow!"

A general yelled to report, Qi Jiguang asked indifferently, this question, the general immediately fell silent, and he said after a while:
"Marshal, you have to walk less than ten to fifteen miles every day. Snow is troublesome after all."

Qi Jiguang remained motionless, and said:
"Soldiers are easy to get lost in the snow, you go to arrange people to watch the front and back, don't make any mistakes!"

The general immediately bowed to receive his orders and hurried away. As soon as the man left, Qi Jiguang's face became a bit worried. Seeing this, his confidants asked in a low voice:
"Marshal, I don't know if it's been so long over there!"

"Don't worry about this. Outside the Xuan Mansion, they rely on the tortoise to guard the copper wall and iron wall. This time, they are more prepared than last time. They can withstand it. If Najite can't bite, we will leave first. Once...Yongcai, now you..."

Qi Jiguang paused, and gave some instructions in a low voice. After hearing this, his confidant hesitated a little, and said:

"Marshal, will Wang Tong do such things?"

"...If Wang Tong is really what Yu Zhifu said, he will do it!"
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